B E S T M O V I E S B Y D E C A D E based on IMDB rating Best overall Decade by IMDB rating Minimum movies needed to qualify : 3 Year Movies Best Movie of the Year IMDB Overall Maximum movies listed : 5 Rating Rating More examples 1 2 3 4 5 6 40's 12 Casablanca 8.8 7.96 Info It's a wonderful life 8.7 Info Citizen Kane 8.6 Info The great dictator 8.4 Info The Philadelphia Story 8.1 Info 20's 3 Metropolis 8.4 7.90 Info The Kid 8.2 Info A woman of Paris 7.1 Info 50's 24 12 Angry Men 8.9 7.69 Info Sunset Boulevard 8.7 Info North by northwest 8.6 Info Vertigo 8.6 Info Paths of Glory 8.6 Info 60's 51 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9.0 7.64 Info Once upon a Time in the West 8.8 Info Psycho 8.7 Info Lawrence of Arabia 8.6 Info To Kill A Mockingbird 8.5 Info 30's 13 Modern times 8.5 7.55 Info The wizard of Oz 8.3 Info Gone with the wind 8.2 Info The Lady Vanishes 8.2 Info The Adventures of Robin Hood 8.1 Info 70's 85 The godfather 1 9.1 7.08 Info The Godfather 2 9.0 Info One Flew over the Cockoo's Nest 8.9 Info Starwars (4) 8.8 Info Apocalypse now 8.6 Info 10's 25 Inception 9.0 6.88 Info Toy Story 3 8.7 Info Hachi 8.1 Info Kick-Ass 8.0 Info Requiem for Detroit 7.9 Info 80's 179 Starwars (5) 8.8 6.71 Info Das Boot 8.5 Info Alien II 8.4 Info Full metal jacket 8.4 Info Raging bull 8.4 Info 00's 970 The Dark Knight 9.0 6.64 Info Memento 8.6 Info Wall-E 8.6 Info Das Leben der Anderen 8.5 Info Up 8.5 Info 90's 410 The Shawshank Redemption 9.2 6.44 Info Pulp Fiction 8.9 Info Schindler's list 8.9 Info Goodfellas 8.8 Info The Usual Suspects 8.7 Info